![]() ![]() ![]() 'Natalie Haynes is both a witty and an erudite guide. 'Haynes combines a wide-ranging knowledge of the original myths with a gift for compelling narrative' - The Times her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished' - Madeline Miller 'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism. And how she was never really a monster at all. This is the story of how a young woman became a monster. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. Medusa can no longer look upon anyone she loves without destroying them, and so condemns herself to a life lived in shadow and solitude to limit her murderous rage. Appalled by her own reflection: snakes have replaced her hair and she realises that her gaze can now turn any living creature to stone. ![]() When the sea god, Poseidon, commits an unforgivable act in her sacred temple the goddess, Athene, takes her revenge on an innocent - and Medusa's life is changed forever. She was once a stand-up comic, but retired when she realised she preferred tragedy to comedy. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. Natalie Haynes is a writer, broadcaster, and classicist. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Natalie Haynes - the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships - brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before. ![]()
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